Decline Thiaf Pre-Release Thread

[sea]

Garrett's comments often pointed out elements of the environment or provided information on level objectives, and the hints were strong enough that the player wouldn't have had to figure out much on their own. Windfeld Schmidt clarified that the clip was taken from a demo of Thief that was intended for members of the media, which is why Garrett gave out so many hints in his narration.

So devs think that journalists are so dumb, they need lots of hints to pass even a demo level. Can't fault the devs though, journalists are probably like that.

I feel like the article is misinterpreting the comment. More likely it's from an old demo outright, and he was trying to say "it will change because, you know, it's old." I really doubt Eidos would be so short-sighted as to imply that the press are morons.

 

[Infinitron]

Windfeld Schmidt clarified that the clip was taken from a demo of Thief that was intended for members of the media, which is why Garrett gave out so many hints in his narration.

They are just straight up lying here. No company, even Eidos, is going to greenlight a voice acting budget for clips that will never be used outside of a promotional slice. That's literally just pouring money down the drain.

 

[Oesophagus]

Pretty sure now they just want to chuck this thing out the door and hope they break even. Risky, though, reviews are getting more and more expensive...

 

[MetalCraze]

Nobody buys reviews. You are forgetting that people writing reviews are the same people who bought their first gaming system - xbox360 only 2 years ago.

Do you expect them to have any clue? Plus game reviewers are usually students who haven't gotten a real job yet and thus write for websites for unstable salary.

 

[LivingOne]

^I've read a few previews since I was curious to see what the press stance about this reboot was(since for some reboots they are cocksucking all changes no matter what while in other instances they are negative about it...I guess one stance or the other gives more or less hits depending on the game?).In fact I've often read the stance "I've never played the originals" or "I played only Deadly Shadows on Xbox".Still they aknowledged there was fans negativity.Evidently that should give more hits this time.

 

[DalekFlay]

That deleted Dunmer voice would make me a lot sadder if it wasn't shit.

 

[skacky]

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142555

 

[dnf]

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142555

They will probably bring augmented Adam, if you know what i mean...

 

[Darth Slaughter]

So... no more XP!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128774-Thief-Cuts-Experience-System

Now could they please ditch focus and prompts?

 

[kazgar]

Thief will no longer make use of an XP system because it was reducing the incentive to actually steal things.

so much derp.

 

[DalekFlay]

Great sign such changes are coming a few months before release.

 

[Echo Mirage]

They haven't confirmed it yet on the graveyard that passes for the official Thief forums. Most likely because the community manager B1skit (AKA Adam, AKA B1cunt) is out brown nosing at some hipster Montreal coffee house looking for a new job before he gets the push like Coyotegrey before him.

4 days later after my post....

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142555

Either I'm prescience or EM is predictable.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Swoop the fuck out of here.

 

[J_C]

So... no more XP!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128774-Thief-Cuts-Experience-System

Now could they please ditch focus and prompts?

Great sign such changes are coming a few months before release.

Fucking this. This just shows that the devs have no clue what to make of Thiaf.

 

[Morgoth]

Now could they please ditch the entire trainwreck altogether?

#Hopechange

 

[Darth Slaughter]

Now could they please ditch the entire trainwreck altogether?

#Hopechange

One thing at a time until february...

 

[Melan]

The true will only come when Square shuts down the whole joint.

 

[Rahdulan]

So... no more XP!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128774-Thief-Cuts-Experience-System

Now could they please ditch focus and prompts?

Shame it changes absolutely nothing in the big picture. But just like kazgar says, this line below puts into perspective just how badly cobbled together the game really is.

At first, we wanted to outline the progression of the player with XP, but it was reducing our motivation to steal.

And it took them this late into development to figure it out? Sheeeeiiiit.

 

[bonescraper]

So, what's worse, Fallout 3 or nuThief?

 

[Name]

Fallout 3. One is pretending they know the the IP, thus undermining it in the grand scheme. Their only redemption is handing the spin-off to Obsidian. The other show that they don't know what they are doing, so there is only truth, no lies. Even the product sucks, I'll forgive them. They should also give the spin-off to Obsidian. I want the master thief to have magical invisible ability (just like in Alpha Protocol).

 

[Baron Dupek]

It's like c&c between death from endless diarrhea and waking up in Monday morning with awareness of incoming birth from you underback.

My bet is nuThief - at least F3 (and any beth turd) can be patched with some mods to make it somewhat playable. Nothing can save Carrot.

 

[Azazel]

At first, we wanted to outline the progression of the player with XP, but it was reducing our motivation to steal.

And it took them this late into development to figure it out? Sheeeeiiiit.

To be fair, if that polygon article was correct they've only been working on the actual game for about 8 months.

 

[argan]

I wonder if b1skit being fired is why the forums are down?

 

[sea]

So... no more XP!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128774-Thief-Cuts-Experience-System

Now could they please ditch focus and prompts?

It's fucking scary that the game is already up for preorder and nearly ready to go, and they are still removing stuff like that. Seriously? Do they even have a vision for this game or are they just playing it by ear? Do they even have a game other than that demo they showed?

 

[Mofleaker]

Scary? Try hilarious!